Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:53:29 -0400 (EDT) From: John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com> To: FreeBSD-newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Hello, some 'newbie-Q's Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204081020240.1752-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
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Hello - I am going through startup on a FreeBSD system which I plan to use as my mail server. I'm sure I will burden this list a bit, and I appreciate your patience. I come from about 8 years of using Linux, and expect I my questions will have a strong "Linux accent" for a while. I installed the FreeBSD-4.0 which comes with R.Blum's _Running_qmail_ book and have basic system, X11, and net functions. I plan to remove that version and restart with the -4.5 CD's I downloaded from the FreeBSD server, before investing too much work in an outdated version. If my questions have different answers with 4.5, that would be great to know. So, those first questions: Q1) I see from my 'GENERIC' kernel configuration file (and the FreeBSD _Bible_) that I may not have my IDE controllers working on an interrupt basis. (Program startup does seem a bit ... er ... "leisurely.") Do I have to rebuild the kernel to change the IDE controllers' "flags=", or can this be configured at boot with the 4.0/GENERIC kernel image I've got? If I can keep the current kernel, can I make IDE interrupt-mode automatic on reboot? Q2) I wish to use 'ssh' for my net login, and I hit a couple of bumps installing it. A) Before trying 'ports', I had first downloaded, built and installed both 'openssl-0.9.??' and 'openssh-3.1p1' from those two organizations' archives, to have the latest packages. No obvious problems showed at building nor installing. Keys build OK and 'sshd' seems to start OK, but I fail logins due to not having PAM. What's the best way around this? Is this just the first of several commonly-hit problems with a non-port installation? B) The 'ports' "make build" of 'security/openssh' complains of missing 'cyrpto'. I did the "X-Developer" installation and opted for MD5 passwords. Did this prevent installation of the 'crypto' package? In any case, how do I obtain and install an appropriate lib set, while retaining MD5 passwords on login? Thanks for your suggestions and help. - John Mills To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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